Jesse Wanagas
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CTV Life Channel Serves Up a Second Helping of MARY MAKES IT EASY Beginning September 13
– Filmed in her home kitchen, three-time Canadian Screen Award-winner Mary Berg returns for Season 2 with helpful tips and tricks, Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET –
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TORONTO (August 29, 2022) – Multi-Canadian Screen Award-winning host Mary Berg is back in her happy place – her kitchen – for the second season of the original culinary series MARY MAKES IT EASY, airing Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET beginning September 13 on CTV Life Channel, CTV.ca, and the CTV app. With 25 all-new half-hour episodes, Berg helps viewers find confidence in cooking, offering up a new season stuffed with simple step-by-step tutorials featuring recipes guaranteed to impress without the stress. “My number one wish is for everyone to love being in the kitchen as much as I do, but I understand that kitchen woes can seem never-ending,” said host and co-executive producer, Mary Berg. “I loved getting more questions and ideas from everyone who watched Season 1 of MARY MAKES IT EASY, so now in Season 2 we get to solve even more problems and amp up the fun along the way!” Filmed in her home kitchen in Toronto, the series follows Berg as she shares inspiring tips, tricks, and recipes to solve every day cooking conundrums. From time-saving supermarket swaps, to new twists on familiar ingredients, Berg’s thoughtful solutions leave viewers with a newfound confidence to overcome any culinary challenge. MARY MAKES IT EASY kicks off its second season with an episode featuring Berg’s main squeeze – lemons. In the Season 2 premiere, “When Life Gives You Lemons,” airing Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 8 p.m. ET on CTV Life Channel, Mary makes a star out of one of her all-time favourite ingredients and whips up a Lemon Raspberry Loaf with a bright pink glaze; Lemon Parmesan Chicken that is fancy enough for guests but quick enough for any night of the week; a zesty take on carbonara – Creamy Lemon Crab Pasta with a nutty sesame topping; and to finish it all off, a lemonade that is infused with seasonal berries and fresh mint. Viewers can stream new episodes of MARY MAKES IT EASY on CTV.ca and the CTV app, which is also home to bonus content including exclusive video content and behind-the-scenes extras. For the third consecutive year, Berg is the Canadian Screen Award-winner for Best Host, Lifestyle for her shows MARY MAKES IT EASY (2022) and MARY’S KITCHEN CRUSH (2020-21). MARY MAKES IT EASY was also named Best Lifestyle Program or Series at this year’s Canadian Screen Awards, following back-to-back wins for MARY’S KITCHEN CRUSH in 2020 and 2021. Season 1 of MARY MAKES IT EASY also premiered on Food Network in the U.S. this past February. Berg is the Season 3 winner of CTV’s MASTERCHEF CANADA, as well as a cooking expert on CTV YOUR MORNING, THE SOCIAL, and THE MARILYN DENIS SHOW. Berg is the best-selling author of Kitchen Party: Effortless Recipes for Every Occasion, and Berg’s newest book Well Seasoned: A Year’s Worth of Delicious Recipes. MARY MAKES IT EASY is produced by Boat Rocker’s Proper Television, in association with Bell Media. Cathie James, Lesia Capone, and Allison Grace are Executive Producers, Mary Berg is Co-Executive Producer, and David Donohue is Series Producer. For Bell Media, Tina Apostolopoulos is Sr. Production Executive; Sarah Fowlie is Head of Production, Original Programming; Carlyn Klebuc is General Manager, Original Programming; Pat DiVittorio is Vice-President, CTV and Specialty Programming. Justin Stockman is Vice-President, Content Development & Programming, Bell Media. Karine Moses is Senior Vice-President, Content Development & News, Bell Media and Vice Chair, Québec, Bell. MARY MAKES IT EASY is distributed globally by Boat Rocker in association with Bell Media.About Boat Rocker
Boat Rocker (TSX: BRMI) is the home for creative visionaries. An independent, integrated global entertainment company, Boat Rocker’s purpose is to tell stories and build iconic brands across all genres and mediums. With offices around the world, Boat Rocker’s creative and commercial capabilities include Scripted, Unscripted, and Kids & Family television production, distribution, brand & franchise management, a world-class animation studio, and talent management through Untitled Entertainment. A selection of Boat Rocker’s projects include: Invasion (Apple TV+), Orphan Black (BBC AMERICA, CTV Sci-Fi Channel), Dear…(Apple TV+), Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry (Apple TV+), The Next Step (BBC, Family Channel, CBC), Daniel Spellbound (Netflix), and Dino Ranch (Disney+, Disney Junior, CBC). For more information, please visit www.boatrocker.com.
About Proper Television
Since opening its doors in 2004, Proper Television has become one of Canada’s most successful production companies. Proper works across a wide range of genres including reality, lifestyle, documentary and specialist factual programming. The company’s ratings-grabbing slate includes a mix of originals: MOTEL MAKEOVER (Netflix), VEGAS RAT RODS (Discovery, Velocity), MARY MAKES IT EASY (CTV, Food Network US), FAMILY HOME OVERHAUL (HGTV Canada, Hulu); along with big international formats: MASTERCHEF CANADA (CTV, Cooking Channel US), THE GREAT CANADIAN BAKING SHOW (CBC, Netflix), and IRON CHEF CANADA (Food Network, Discovery Plus). In 2017 Proper Television became a division of Boat Rocker Media.
About Bell Media Original Productions
Bell Media has commissioned some of Canada’s most-watched and most-acclaimed original programming, working with the best Canadian independent producers in the country. Hit series commissioned by CTV include #1 Canadian drama TRANSPLANT; record-breaking Canadian format THE AMAZING RACE CANADA; and comedy series CHILDREN RUIN EVERYTHING and JANN; as well as upcoming scripted series SULLIVAN’S CROSSING and THE SPENCER SISTERS, and unscripted dating series FARMING FOR LOVE. Among the original series on Bell Media specialty and streaming platforms are CTV Life Channel’s culinary series MARY MAKES IT EASY with Mary Berg; CTV Comedy Channel’s ROAST BATTLE CANADA and the upcoming ACTING GOOD. Crave Originals include hit series LETTERKENNY, CANADA’S DRAG RACE, and WAY OVER ME (SORTEZ-MOI DE MOI); docuseries DARK SIDE OF THE RING; and acclaimed documentaries FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK and A.RTIFICIAL I.MMORTALITY. Discovery is home to Bell Media’s hit factual series and franchises HIGHWAY THRU HELL, HEAVY RESCUE: 401, and MUD MOUNTAIN HAULERS, and others. Bell Media is part of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company. Learn more at www.BellMedia.ca.
About CTV Life Channel
CTV Life Channel features fan-favourite lifestyle and DIY programming along with food series to savour. It’s home to series from fan-favourite personalities Jamie Oliver and Donal Skehan as well as lifestyle favourites HOLMES FAMILY RESCUE, LIVING BY DESIGN, COUNTRY HOUSE HUNTERS, and more. CTV Life Channel boasts a robust slate of original Canadian series including MARY MAKES IT EASY, ONE BIG RECIPE, and is the exclusive broadcaster of HOLMES 911. From CTV, Canada’s most-watched network, CTV Life Channel is part of a powerful suite of specialty channels that also includes CTV Drama Channel, CTV Comedy Channel, and CTV Sci-Fi Channel, streaming on demand from CTV.ca and the CTV app.
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